¹ "Onid llafur caled sydd i ddyn ar y ddaear, a'i ddyddiau fel dyddiau gwas cyflog?

¹“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?

² Fel caethwas yn dyheu am gysgod, a gwas yn disgwyl am ei d�l,

²As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

³ felly y daeth misoedd ofer i'm rhan innau, a threfnwyd imi nosweithiau gofidus.

³so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.

⁴ Pan orweddaf, dywedaf, 'Pa bryd y caf godi?' Y mae'r nos yn hir, a byddaf yn blino yn troi a throsi hyd doriad gwawr.

⁴When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

⁵ Gorchuddiwyd fy nghnawd gan bryfed a budreddi; crawniodd fy nghroen, ac yna torri allan.

⁵My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

⁶ Y mae fy nyddiau'n gyflymach na gwennol gwehydd; darfyddant fel edafedd yn dirwyn i ben.

⁶My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

⁷ "Cofia mai awel o wynt yw fy hoedl; ni w�l fy llygaid ddaioni eto.

⁷Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.

⁸ Y llygad sy'n edrych arnaf, ni'm gw�l; ar amrantiad ni fyddaf ar gael iti.

⁸The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.

⁹ Fel y cilia'r cwmwl a diflannu, felly'r sawl sy'n mynd i Sheol, ni ddychwel oddi yno;

⁹As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. shall come up no more.

¹⁰ ni ddaw eto i'w gartref, ac nid edwyn ei le mohono mwy.

¹⁰He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

¹¹ "Ond myfi, nid ataliaf fy ngeiriau; llefaraf yng nghyfyngder fy ysbryd, cwynaf yn chwerwder fy enaid.

¹¹“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

¹² Ai'r m�r ydwyf, neu'r ddraig, gan dy fod yn gosod gwyliwr arnaf?

¹²Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

¹³ "Pan ddywedaf, 'Fy ngwely a rydd gysur imi; fy ngorweddfa a liniara fy nghwyn',

¹³When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;’

¹⁴ yr wyt yn fy nychryn � breuddwydion, ac yn f'arswydo � gweledigaethau.

¹⁴then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:

¹⁵ Gwell fyddai gennyf fy nhagu, a marw yn hytrach na goddef fy mhoen.

¹⁵so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

¹⁶ Rwy'n ddiobaith; ni ddymunaf fyw am amser maith. Gad lonydd imi, canys y mae fy nyddiau fel anadl.

¹⁶I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

¹⁷ Beth yw meidrolyn i ti ei ystyried, ac iti roi cymaint o sylw iddo?

¹⁷What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

¹⁸ Yr wyt yn ymweld ag ef bob bore, ac yn ei brofi bob eiliad.

¹⁸that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

¹⁹ Pa bryd y peidi ag edrych arnaf, ac y rhoi lonydd imi lyncu fy mhoeri?

¹⁹How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

²⁰ Os pechais, beth a wneuthum i ti, O wyliwr dynolryw? Pam y cymeraist fi'n nod, nes fy mod yn faich i mi fy hun?

²⁰If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?

²¹ Pam na faddeui fy nhrosedd a symud fy mai? Yn awr rwy'n gorwedd yn y llwch, ac er i ti chwilio amdanaf, ni fyddaf ar gael."

²¹Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.”